ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELLING OF THE MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FRICTION STIR WELDED AA7020-T6 ALUMINUM ALLOY | ||
| Engineering Research Journal (Shoubra) | ||
| Volume 46, Issue 1, October 2020, Pages 6-10 PDF (329.97 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/erjsh.2020.228169 | ||
| Authors | ||
| I. Abdullah; S. S. Mohammed; S. A. Abdallah | ||
| Mechanical Engineering Department, Shoubra Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In the current work, lap joints of the AA7020-T6 aluminum sheets of 3 mm thickness were welded using friction stir welding (FSW). Tensile-shear tests were conducted to evaluate the mechanical characteristics of the AA7020-T6 lap joints. A statistical analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to find which FSW process parameters (i.e. the tool rotational and welding speeds) are statistically significant. With the signal to noise (S/N) ratio and ANOVA analyses, the optimal levels of the FSW process parameters could be determined. Also, an artificial neural network (ANN) model was developed to predict the tensile-shear load of the AA7020-T6 Al alloy lap joints. It has been found that the reduction of the tool rotational speed and/or increasing the welding speeds increase(s) the tensile-shear load of the AA7020-T6 aluminum friction stir welded lap joints. The welding speed showed the highest statistical significance on the tensile-shear load of the AA7020-T6 aluminum lap friction stir (FS) welded joints when compared with the tool rotational speed. The developed ANN model showed a good agreement between the predicted and experimental results. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Friction stir welding; Artificial neural network; Tensile-shear load; Analysis of variance | ||
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